U.S.-NATO Missiles/Bombs on Syria within 15 to 25 days . . .

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

I can't stop thinking about how Barry The Messiah went to Congress to ask if we could drop bombs. That hasn't happened for decades. It's such a great signal for future American foreign policy. He deserves a statue while still in office just like our guy Bill.

He's just following in GWB's footsteps when he got approval from congress to go into Iraq.

And he didn't even lie about it.  Progress!

We aren't sure about that yet.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Not sure what Beems is all butthurt about, but man, he's being kind of mean.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Not sure what Beems is all butthurt about, but man, he's being kind of mean.

His hero is slowly becoming GWB.

[OregonSmock]

Not sure what Beems is all butthurt about, but man, he's being kind of mean.

His hero is slowly becoming GWB.

Only two wars to go and the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, and Obama might start sniffing GWB territory.

[felix rex]

Not to be argumentative, but I'd say we're not really sowing chaos so much as fertilizing it.

I, for one, am glad the administration gaffed and blundered their way out of a war. It's far superior to prestigiously starting (or joining) one.

There's a good chance of some fun "according to a state dept official" type columns coming out about this. In a year or so, we may see smaller-scale Vali Nasr-type stuff, depending on the fallout. #captainobvious

[Kat Kid]

Obama got Russia to disarm it's own proxy state. What a rough ridin' hero.

How would you define disarm?

take from them the weapons that people don't want them to possess.

Cool, and you think that's really going to happen? Srsly? Hans Blix better pack his suitcase.

I really don't understand the humor here.  With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, Sadaam Hussein's invitation to Hans Blix and the UN to return and resume inspections would've saved everyone a lot of trouble.  Perhaps it would've even saved Sadaam and his sons.  Unfortunately, the US blocked that and began more than a decade of war and occupation of a country for reasons that were later found to have been inaccurate.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Obama got Russia to disarm it's own proxy state. What a rough ridin' hero.

How would you define disarm?

take from them the weapons that people don't want them to possess.

Cool, and you think that's really going to happen? Srsly? Hans Blix better pack his suitcase.

I really don't understand the humor here.  With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, Sadaam Hussein's invitation to Hans Blix and the UN to return and resume inspections would've saved everyone a lot of trouble.  Perhaps it would've even saved Sadaam and his sons.  Unfortunately, the US blocked that and began more than a decade of war and occupation of a country for reasons that were later found to have been inaccurate.

 

[Cire]

Had we not invaded iraq in 03 assad would have no palaces left right now

[sonofdaxjones]

Voted for the Iraqi War/Major Proponents for Regime Change in Iraq:  Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

Party in full control of Congress from 2006 to 2010 (Worst part of Recession):  Democrats

Swept into power promising lower deficits, lowering national debt, war extraction, "getting big oil:  Fail, Fail, Fail and Fail

Nearly 75% of all U.S. casualties in Afghanistan occured under the Obama Administration.

Current Status of the Middle East under the Obama Administration:  More Strife, upheaval and destabilization than ever.

Countries left in ruins with no central governmental control by U.S./NATO backed actions:  Libya, Syria (Pending), Yemen (Pending)

Theocratic Dictatorships propped up by Obama Administration:  Numerous

[bubbles4ksu]

i can't pay attention to read what he writes because i'm always wondering why he capitalizes some random words but not others.

[p1k3]

i can't pay attention to read what he writes because i'm always wondering why he capitalizes some random words but not others.

dax is known for major grammar blunders

[Tobias]

i can't pay attention to read what he writes because i'm always wondering why he capitalizes some random words but not others.

those are usually the best ones.  dead giveaway that he's firing on all cylinders

[felix rex]

i can't pay attention to read what he writes because i'm always wondering why he capitalizes some random words but not others.

those are usually the best ones.  dead giveaway that he's firing on all cylinders

Agreed. And I they're intentional, like he's not talking about our filtered and shadowy perception of strife, but rather his unchained grasp of the very form of Strife itself.

[sonofdaxjones]

Beems Chamberlain steps off the plane waving a piece of paper in the air . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-begins-weapons-delivery-to-syrian-rebels/2013/09/11/9fcf2ed8-1b0c-11e3-a628-7e6dde8f889d_story.html

[CNS]

You guys see the backlash to this Putin letter?  In it, he says "god created us equal" as some sort of a response to Obama saying "we're exceptional".  Bunch of pissed off retards out there now, guys

Thinking Putin wants us to go to war, but wants us to look as stupid as possible by doing so and also wants to look like he was against it and had a simple deal on the table to prevent it.

[CNS]

Also, I wish Putin had an english personal twitter acct.

[Tobias]

steve dave, do you think barry should smoke 'em?

[michigancat]

Voted for the Iraqi War/Major Proponents for Regime Change in Iraq:  Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry

Party in full control of Congress from 2006 to 2010 (Worst part of Recession):  Democrats

Swept into power promising lower deficits, lowering national debt, war extraction, "getting big oil:  Fail, Fail, Fail and Fail

Nearly 75% of all U.S. casualties in Afghanistan occured under the Obama Administration.

Current Status of the Middle East under the Obama Administration:  More Strife, upheaval and destabilization than ever.

Countries left in ruins with no central governmental control by U.S./NATO backed actions:  Libya, Syria (Pending), Yemen (Pending)

Theocratic Dictatorships propped up by Obama Administration:  Numerous

I loved how random this was

[sonofdaxjones]

How was it random, all of those topics were discussed on this thread.   

[felix rex]

Also, I wish Putin had an english personal twitter acct.

Oh my god. I would pay to subscribe. I imagine a Putin Instagram like a Sammy Sosa Pinterest but with less shirts.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

New leader of the free world pens an op-ed for the NYT.

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said a New York Times op-ed on Syria penned by Russian President Vladimir Putin made him want "to vomit" — echoing a sentiment being widely expressed Thursday on Capitol Hill.

In the op-ed, published Wednesday night, Putin again warned the United States not to launch military strikes on Syria. He maintained that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime was not responsible for the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack in which more than 1,400 people died, according to U.S. officials.

“I almost wanted to vomit,” Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, (D-N.J.) told CNN.

“I worry when someone who came up through the KGB tells us what is in our national interests, and what is not. It really raises the question of how serious the Russian proposal is.”

President Carter is doing a bang up job from under his desk.

[michigancat]

How was it random, all of those topics were discussed on this thread.

yeah, over the course of a couple weeks.

It was great.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Good god, even uber-lib Joe Klein is piling on.

http://swampland.time.com/2013/09/11/obama-and-syria-stumbling-toward-damascus/

he has damaged his presidency and weakened the nation’s standing in the world. It has been one of the more stunning and inexplicable displays of presidential incompetence that I’ve ever witnessed. The failure cuts straight to the heart of a perpetual criticism of the Obama White House: that the President thinks he can do foreign policy all by his lonesome.

[OregonSmock]

UN says it has received Syria's application to join Chemical Weapons Convention:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24068867#TWEET887783


(cue Dax getting pissed about this because he can't make a direct correlation now between Obama and his hero GWB)

[OregonSmock]

Apparently the Obama administration had been talking with the Russians about a diplomatic solution long before Kerry made his off-the-cuff comment on Monday:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324094704579067574165010740.html

In April, Mr. Kerry made his first trip to Moscow as secretary of state and took part in a dinner with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, that lasted until 2:30 a.m.

They discussed a model for eliminating Syria's chemical weapons, much as Libya agreed to give up its nuclear program a decade ago, the administration official said.

In June, the U.S. concluded that Mr. Assad's forces had used chemical weapons on a small scale—and Mr. Obama authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to help arm moderate fighters battling the Assad regime. Russia continued to avow its support for Damascus.

Then came the attack on Aug. 21 in the outskirts of Damascus, which the U.S. concluded was carried out by the Assad regime and killed more than 1,400 people.

After the attack, the talks between Messrs. Kerry and Lavrov picked up steam: They have talked fizz times since Aug. 21, the administration official said. As Messrs. Obama and Kerry made forceful declarations that the attack deserved a strong, punitive response, Russia defended Damascus, and said that rebels, not the regime, were responsible.